Sanitary poultry-roost.



SANITARY POULTRY ROOST.

APPLICATION FILgn MAY13.1915.

1,154,392. Patenfedsept. 21, 1915.

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with the trough and provided with means.v

"i, Isata rai r3 ELIJAH J. HAGAN, or BRUSH, condanne.

SANITARY "PQULTRY-VBQOOST. ,-1

Specificatie ers Patent.` Patented Slept. 21, 1915.

Application mea may 1 3, 1915. serial No. 27,893;

Brush, in county of Morgan and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Poultry- Boosts, of which the following is a specification. y

My invention relates to an improvement in sanitary poultry-roosts,l and the object is to provide a roost which is practically ver'- min-proof, and which can be taken apart and removed at will, as well as replaced after the poultry-house, or they themselves, have been cleaned and are ready for further use.

A My invention consists in a roost comprising a trough adapted to contain a liquid vermicide, and akperch detachably connected for keeping the perch saturated with vermicide through capillary attraction.

In the accompanying drawings .Figure 1 is a view in perspective; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view; and Fig. 3 isa transverse section.

The roost consists of a sheet-metal trough or gutter 1, preferably V or U-shaped in cross-section, adapted to contain a liquid disinfectant or vermicide, and having ends 2, 2, of preferably yslightly larger size than the transverse area of the trough to overhang ythe'notc'hed supports 3l on which the roost rests to prevent endwise movement of 'the roost. Detachably mounted on top of the troughv is the perch 4. This is preferably either made in two pieces or slotted longias at 5, andv tudinally through the center, has a wicking.- 6 secured therein. The wicking depends into the liquid contained in the trough whereby throughcapillary attraction" the perch is kept moist and more or less saturated with the liquid contents-of the trough. The perch is provided with any approvedmeans for supporting it on the trough?. as for instance the kerf 7- at one end to receive the end of the trough, and with a Spanner -which Spanner are bent downwardly, andi,

8 at. or near the other end, the ends'9iof ,kerf to' between the Spanner 8 and the saw-korf 7 the perch is removably held supported on the trough, and yet prevented from accidental displacement either endwise or .laterally. The roost thus composed of trough and perch detach'ably connected together, may be supported in any approved way, as for in'- stance on the 'notched benches 10, 10, or vby cross-bars in the poultry-house, or brackets (notshown) secured therein.

A roost' of this-character is easily'constructed, iscomposed of few parts, and is' capable of being kept clean and verminproof with a minimum of labor. -Atfthe same time it is sanitary, as lthe liquid employed may be'a deodorizer as well as a disinfectant and germicide. V. 1

Obviously the number and proportions of the roosts may be varied to suit requirements, without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. I claim: 1. A roost composed of a troughr adapted to contain liquid, and a perch having a wick extending therethrough and removably supported on the trough, with means for preventing lateral or longitudinal displacement.

2. A roost composedof a trough adapted to contain liquid, and a perch lhaving a wick 'extending therethrough and removably supported on the trough, with means for pre- 4and a perch having a wicking extending theiethr) gh, said perch having a transverse neive the upper edge of one of the ends to prevent endwise movement of the perch, and a Spanner. having downwardly bent ends to rest upon and embrace the edges of the trough lto prevent lateral displacement.

j -In testimony whereof I aHX my signature,

in the presence of two witnesses. ELIJAH J. HAGAN.

which Spanner embraces they edges ofthe', Witnesses:

trough, supporting the perch thereon," and preventing lateral displacement thereof, so

EMonY E.'AMIND, t B. F. SHANHOLTZER. 

